Authors: Don Lattin
second-generation Family members: Old Town San Diego interviews with, 193â99; Web site testimonies by
“The Second Letter to the Christians” (tract)
“Secret Rapture” vision
Sex, Slander, and Salvation: Investigating The Family/Children of God
(anthology)
sexual abuse.
See
childhood sexual abuse; The Family's abuse practices “the shakeout” (Heavenly City School)
Shepherd, Gary
Show Me!: A Picture Book on Sex for Children and Parents
(1974)
Simpson, Rev. Albert Benjamin
Slown, Phillip
Smecker, Paul
Smith, Chuck
Sparks, Jack
Spencer, Jeremy
Stern
(German magazine)
Story of Davidito, The
(Kelley): on Carlos (biological father of Ricky); described; on early childhood sexual abuse of Ricky; family photos included in; as Family's child care bible; Millikan's response to reading; news releases of portions of; publication of (1982); on Ricky as child
suicides: by former first-generation; Family members; Karen Zerby's letter to Ben Farnsworth on; Karen Zerby's response to; Ricky's; Ricky's; by second-generation Family defectors
Sweeny, Michael
Â
Taniguchi, Yumiko “Phoenix,”
Taniguichi, China
Teen Challenge (Assemblies of God), 36 “Teen Combos” (The Family), 88 “Teens for Christ” (Huntington Beach)
Tenerife “flirty fishing” crew
Texas Soul Clinic
Thomas, Emmanuel
Thomson, Noah
“Three Little Accidents” (The Family)
Toben, Stephen
Treadwell, Joyanne
Trips Festival (1966); 21st Century International School
(Heavenly City School)
“two witnesses” prophecy
Â
the Unit, described
Â
United Nations
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Â
Valley Farms: David Berg's ministry and expulsion from; establishment of
“Victor Camps”: emotional damage to teenagers sent to; Family publication describing; fears of being sent to; Jon-A's recollections on stay at; at Macao; physical labor punishments used at,; re-education purpose of;
See also
The Family's abuse practices
Vineyard Fellowship
Â
Waco standoff (1993)
Wade, Jeff
Ward, Lord Justice Alan: on The Family Care Foundation; legal judgment on The Family by; pressure placed on The Family by, 125; testimonies heard by
The Way Inn
Webb, Floyd
Webb, Ruby
Web sites: The Family; Family member testimonies postings; The Family's Internet war using; Karen Zerby's eulogy written for Ricky; “Notice of my son Abe's Graduation,”; for second-generation Family defectors
Welsh, Daniel (“Samson Warner”)
Williams, Miriam
Williams, Montel
World Services;
See also
The Family
Â
Zerby, Christina Teresa (“Techi”)
Zerby, Jeannie.
See
Deyo, Jeannie
Zerby, Karen Elva (“Queen Maria”): birth of Ricky to; bizarre prophecies received by; in control after Berg's death; criticism of Merry by; denial of Ricky's
Zerby, Karen Elva (
continued
) accusations by, 186; disapproval of Ricky and Elixcia's relationship; early life of; eulogy written for Ricky by; letter to Ben Farnsworth on his son's suicide; “Marriage of the; Generations” campaign promoted by; as one of the “two witnesses,”; photographs of; relationship with David Berg,; response to Ricky's suicide by; Ricky's search for; sexual relationship with Carlos by; Sue's assistant position with; Techi on character of
Zerby, Rosemary.
See
Kanspedos, Rosemary (Zerby)
Zerby, Trevor
Introduction, Chapters 2�5, 8�9, and 11, photographs courtesy of The Family International.
Chapter 7, photograph courtesy of Shula Berg.
Chapter 10, photograph courtesy of Elixcia Munumel.
Chapters 12, 14, photographs courtesy of Davida Kelley.
Chapter 13, photograph courtesy of Rosemary Kanspedos.
Chapter 17, photograph by Don Lattin.
Conclusion, photograph courtesy of The Associated Press.
DON LATTIN
is an award-winning journalist and one of the nation's leading reporters covering alternative religious movements and figures in America. Over the past three decades he has covered Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones, Branch Davidian prophet David Koresh, and Heaven's Gate founder Marshall Herff Applewhite. He has also written extensively about the rise of the Christian right in the United States and the emergence of radical Islamists around the world. Visit the author online at www.donlattin.com.
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